1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Commander, Pinak is here again. Do you want to meet him?" Staff Officer Wang, who had been bothered by Pinak for a long time, asked Liu Yiming.

This era is indeed the era of heavy artillery. Countries attach more importance to large-caliber artillery than anything else. Heavy artillery = power.

It has been a day since the heavy artillery of Nanhua began to speak. The newly formed Madura Island Garrison has been on track. After returning with three ships, the 501 ship went to pick up the surviving Chinese and continued to explore the northeast.

At this time, Pinak brought new news that the Dutch in Sumina County took in more than 8,000 Chinese.

This is a gesture of goodwill. Although the Dutch army in Batavia City is still engaged in artillery battles with the Nanhua army, the news from Charles is that the Dutch have stopped transporting troops from Sumatra to Java, but have increased the transfer of wealth from Batavia.

Obviously, five million pounds, the subsequent large orders, and the possible secret agreements have tempted some people in Britain.

"Bring it in!" Liu Yiming came back to his senses from deep thought and said to Staff Officer Wang.

"Pinak, is there any new news? You just left me for six hours!" Liu Yiming teased.

"Commander, I came here to convey the order of the Dutch government and hope to start the second round of negotiations." Pinak no longer looked like a governor, and now he was just holding up the airs of a negotiating representative. He was the representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. No matter what the result was, he had to look like a representative.

"Before the negotiations begin, I hope to reach an agreement on the principles of both parties, otherwise the negotiations will be useless." Liu Yiming said.

"Then, we want to know your conditions." Pinak chose his words carefully. Yours, which neither means that the Kingdom of the Netherlands recognizes South China nor means rejection, is a very neutral term.

"Our two basic conditions are that the Netherlands recognizes the legal existence of the Republic of South China and that the Dutch army withdraws from Java Island. Everything else can be discussed." Liu Yiming was also very straightforward.

"The Kingdom of the Netherlands requires that Batavia remain in existence." Pinak was silent for a long time and said.

"Your Excellency, Governor! The power of South China has been gathered. Now, my army is only five kilometers away from Batavia. The heavy artillery has begun to speak. I can launch an attack at any time. However, in the spirit of humanitarianism and the principle of reducing civilian casualties, we hope to solve the problem through negotiations." Liu Yiming said.

"Your Excellency, Commander, there are only two of us here, so there is no need to talk in official language." Pinak said irritably, "The Kingdom of the Netherlands can only recognize the establishment of the Republic of South China at most, and it needs to compensate the Dutch government for economic losses, as well as the corresponding trade treaty!"

"So, there is no absolute conflict in the basic principles? South China can start the second round of negotiations at any time." Liu Yiming frowned when he saw that Pinak did not mention Batavia, but instead mentioned compensation for economic losses.

This means that they can talk, but they have to pay.

After Pinak left, Liu Yiming originally wanted to find Charles to find out the bottom of the Dutch, but before he set off, he received a telegram from Sumina.

"Have they entered?" Liu Yiming looked at the telegram and asked in confusion.

The telegram was sent by Ma Chaoqun. The 501 was advancing at full speed and would arrive in Sumina in just a few hours. According to the time, Ma Chaoqun should have just arrived.

In fact, Ma Chaoqun had indeed just arrived. As soon as the 501 ship approached the Sumina area, the Dutch envoy came up with a dozen Chinese representatives.

"I am Lieutenant Boer, a Dutch colonial garrison on Madura Island, and I am here to negotiate on behalf of Lieutenant Colonel Johnny, the supreme commander of Madura Island." Boer, who was about 30 years old, slender, but looked frustrated, said to the captain of the Marine Corps.

"Negotiate?" The captain of the Marine Corps was puzzled, "What to negotiate?"

"We don't want to conflict with you. We are just waiting for the order of the king or the governor. Since General Hertz was defeated, we have retreated to Sumina. Now there are more than 8,000 Chinese in Sumina, all of whom we took in after the native riots. We hope to negotiate on the refugee issue." Boer spoke Hakka with a strange accent.

Several soldiers guessed and guessed, and they were almost right.

"Captain, can you negotiate?" This soldier who would definitely practice more when he returned to the port said something that hit the heart.

"Go back and report to the captain, and ask the captain to send someone to negotiate." The captain seemed not to hear and said to the person next to him.

"Hiss~ Can you negotiate?" Ma Chaoqun looked at the first and second mates and asked.

"This is not right." The first mate touched his head.

The second mate was speechless.

But the gunner stood up and said: "Does it count if I can persuade him to surrender?"

"How do you persuade him to surrender?" Ma Chaoqun became interested.

"Just put a gun to his head, and he will surrender. The Dutch are like this!" The gunner talked about his experience in the battle for Surabaya.

"Forget it, I'll go. At least I can bargain in the vegetable market." Ma Chaoqun said speechlessly.

The gunner also scratched his head and stopped talking.

Ma Chaoqun got on the boat and headed for the shore.

"I am the captain of this warship, and I want to negotiate with your supreme commander!" Ma Chaoqun said as soon as he got ashore.

When Boll heard that the captain had gone ashore, he didn't expect it, and then he took Ma Chaoqun into the city. At Ma Chaoqun's instructions, the first mate removed the gun covers of the cannons, but did not aim at Su Minna.

There are too many Chinese in Su Minna. According to the Dutch, there are more than 8,000 Chinese in Su Minna, which are basically twice the Dutch. Once the artillery is fired, it is more Chinese.

After Ma Chaoqun entered Su Minna, he found that there were Chinese people everywhere. Many people were crowded into small thatched houses. At first glance, the former owner of theseched houses was the native.

"The Turkish riot suddenly suddenly, Su Minner suddenly poured into too many Chinese people. We did not have enough tents and houses to place them." Watching Ma Chaoqun watched everywhere, Poor explained.

"I have done it very well." Because Madara Island is not centered on business, but with the main income of the mining and planting economy, the Chinese here are relatively good than the Chinese on the Java Island.

"It's here." Poor said.

"Hello, I'm Johnny Pit, you can call me Johnny." A lieutenant school around 50 years old waited at the door of the government affairs department.

"Hello, my name is Ma Chaoqun, and the captain of the South China Navy." Ma Chaoqun also learned to say.

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"Commander, what about Ma Chaoqun?" Wang asked.

"Keep the status quo, tell him that the second round of negotiations will begin. Soon, the Dutch will evacuate from Java." Liu Yiming said.

This is to show Johnny, and the first sentence to Ma Chaoqun is the first sentence.

After finishing this, Liu Yiming went to Charles's villa. This was bought by Charles. Here, house prices are far lower than the Straits colonies, and the environment is far better than the Strait colonies.

The most important thing is not expensive. Twenty pounds bought a whole villa, although it was equivalent to 82 silver, and a half -year income of a middle class in London.

But for Charles, which has made a lot of wealth in the past six months, this is a trivial matter for Charles, which will make money.

"Liu, you are finally here, I am still thinking about when you come." Opening the door, Charles said, the most unsuitable thing is that the servant could not find a servant in Surabaya. It has been incorporated into the Chinese in a low -key, that is, they are doing suffering. As for the Chinese, they cannot recruit people at all.

"The new home is good, I like this scenery." Liu Yiming stood in Charles's yard, looked at the sea view, and said.

"Yes, I just bought this!" Charles was very happy.

Of course, before, the villa was at least £ 150, and he would not buy it.

"To say a long time, there have been subtle changes in Britain's attitude? Pinaq came to me today, the Netherlands is going to abandon Java?" Liu Yiming poured a glass of wine and said while drinking.

"Isn't this what you want to see? To this end, it costs £ 5 million!" Charles said with a smile.

"That's just a business." Liu Yiming said with a smile.

"Yes, business, the British Empire likes to do business, you are willing to do it, the Dutch is unwilling. The Prime Minister already knows that the British Empire will no longer have resistance." Charles also poured a glass of wine. Essence

"The Prime Minister already knows it?" Liu Yiming was surprised and said that it was independent of the colonial independence after all, after all, and the British with more than 30 million square kilometers of land had never cared about this colony, even if he was wealthy.

"Yes, after all, it is a large list of pounds of pounds." Charles said.

Liu Yiming still underestimated the power of 5 million pounds, mainly because Liu Wanhua gave him a check of 2 million pounds, which made him a wrong concept of money.

Liu Yiming forgot that this money began from the eighteenth century. After hearing the Hongxi tragedy, the Liu family began to hide. It can be said that it was hundreds of years and the accumulation of a family.

"The Dutch wants to sell Badavia, what do you think." Liu Yiming didn't continue the topic, but asked.

"I think it is completely feasible. According to international practice, the Dutch has tens of thousands of soldiers captured, and a large number of officers, two governors, and the latter two are big aristocracy. You can use them to debt." Charles said with a smile. "In this way, you can solve these problems perfectly, and will not make you back bad reputation."

"How much can they be worth it?" Liu Yiming said pretending not to know.

"Hi, just say that, one soldier, the lowest pounds, the most of the pure Dutch people are not high, the officers are nobles, one hundred, titles, rank, the higher the more expensive, the governor, 100,000, plus the 100,000, plus the addition of 100,000, plus 100,000, plus 100,000, plus 100,000, plus 100,000, plus 100,000, plus 100,000, plus 100,000. Noble titles, there is no problem with Badavia. "Charles said.

"Oh? What is the quotation of the Dutch?" Liu Yiming was interested.

Charles glanced at Liu Yiming: "This is your purpose!"

"My friend told me, 500,000!" Charles said with a mouthful of wine.

Liu Yiming nodded and drank silently ...